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Lightning vs. Canadiens December 30, 2009

TAMPA, FL - DECEMBER 30: Goaltender Antero Niittymaki #30 of the Tampa Bay Lightning stretches during pre-game skate against the Montreal Canadiens at the St. Pete Times Forum on December 30, 2009 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Scott Audette/NHLI via Getty Images)

He's only 17 but he can see the ice so well and he moves the puck and goes to the open ice all the time, so I just think he's a player that is ready to play in the NHL. I'm really looking forward to coaching someone like this.

— U.S. National Junior Team coach Ron Wilson on Auston Matthews, the projected No. 1 pick of the 2016 NHL Draft